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Anarchism as Radical Liberalism: Radicalizing Markets, Radicalizing Democracy

by | Jun 29, 2017 | ,

This piece is the ninth essay in the June C4SS Mutual Exchange Symposium: “Anarchy and Democracy.” Republished from the Center for a Stateless Society   Classical liberalism emerged as a radical ideology, challenging the status quo of monarchy, mercantilism, religious tyranny, and the ancien regime. The liberals promoted two ideals, markets and democracy, as alternatives to the old despotisms. Yet markets and democracy seemed to be at odds, leaving liberals advocating a middle of the road compromise between the two. Left-liberals favored a broader role for democracy and a narrower role...

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Public Good or Public Bad?

by | Mar 3, 2017 | ,

From the June 17, 2016 edition of The Weekly Abolitionist: Public Good or Public Bad? If you ask an economist to suggest areas where the state should be involved, one answer you’re likely to hear is that states should provide “public goods.” A public good is a good that is both non-excludable and non-rival. By non-excludable, economists mean that once the good is produced individuals cannot be excluded from consuming it, regardless of whether they pay. A good is non-rival if one person’s consumption of the good does not deplete the good for other people. One classic example of a public good...

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Nathan Goodman

Nathan Goodman is a first year PhD student in the Department of Economics at George Mason University. He earned his BS in mathematics from the University of Utah. Nathan has worked as the Lysander Spooner Research Scholar in Abolitionist Studies for the Center for a Stateless Society, a program intern for the Law & Economics Center at George Mason University, a Young Voices Advocate, and a summer fellow at the Fully Informed Jury Association. He is also a former campus coordinator and blog team member for SFL. His research interests include Austrian economics, public choice economics, self-governance, and institutional analysis of security and policing. His op-eds have been published in CounterPunch, The Western News, Hernando Today, AntiWar.com, Daily People’s Time, and many other news outlets.


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Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War

Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War

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From the Foreword by Lawrence B. Wilkerson: “[T]he debate over whether oil was a principal reason for the 2003 invasion has waxed and waned, with one camp arguing that it absolutely was, while the other argues the precise opposite.” “Mr. Vogler, himself a former...

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